Next CGPC Meeting

The next Parish Council Meeting will be held in the Willoughby Memorial Gallery on Wednesday 14^th January 2026 at 7.30pm

The Meeting will begin with a fifteen-minute Open Forum which all residents are invited to attend.

Agenda

1.      Apologies for absence and reasons given.

2.      District and County Councillors’ Reports – for information only.
Chairman’s update.

3.      Draft Minutes of the meeting of the Council held on Wed 10th Dec 2025 to be approved as the minutes.

4.      To receive any declarations of interest in accordance with the requirements of the Localism Act 2011, and to consider any requests for dispensations in respect of DPI’s.

5.      Review of Actions Log.

6.     Clerk’s & Chairman’s reports on matters outstanding:

01 Neighbourhood Planning, Local Plan & Conservation area – update
02 S106 funds from new developments – update
03 Issues associated with the new housing estates – update

04 Highways feedback – clarify responsibilities

7.     Matters to be resolved:

05 Agree appropriate action to resolve email issues

06 Consider action regarding new bus stops on Swinstead / Bourne Road re new houses – update

07 Update on Christmas Matters

08 Ratify Draft Budget and agree amount of precept application, as discussed at previous meeting

09 Consider the implications of the new audit regulations, Assertion 10 & agree action

10 Agree LALC membership / Training scheme subscription

11 Agree payment of RDMH meeting space costs

8.      Reports from:      

Planning: to consider planning applications received prior to & after publication of the agenda:
S22/0731 Allison Homes / S21/1841 David Wilson Homes / S22/1808 Nott’m Housing Assoc’n)
S25/2422 InPost Parcel Lockers (retrospective) 11 Market Place

Greens Working Group:
12 Playground Equipment – Approve 5 year Play Equipment Maintenance Contract, as discussed at previous meeting; Consider appropriate action re broken sycamore branch

9.     Payments and Accounts:

       (i) Bank balances
(ii) Invoices for payment – to approve payments to be made on the list attached

10.  Matters to be further discussed at the meeting:

13 Consider Custodianship of PC assets & The Green / play area

14 Agree membership of Greens Working Group [WG] /

15 Laxton Lane, consider actions needed

16 Agree membership of S106 WG “Staffing Committee”

17 Approve updated Risk Assessment

18 Approve Flag Policy

19 Ratify community cleaner arrangements, as discussed at previous meeting

20 Ratify IT maintenance arrangements, as discussed at previous meeting

21 Approve a donation to the East Midlands Ambulance Service for the First Aid training and to  the Community Group for the hire of the Church Street Rooms.

22 Agree location of bin for storge of sandbags

23 Consider action re state of the surface of The Green

24 Authorise spend for purchase of rubbish bin for Swinstead Road

25 Consider PC role in local health service concerns

26 Consider PC role in reporting building control issues

27 Consider PC role in reporting SKDC housing and land issues 

28 Consider action relating to o/s 20 Station Road as trip hazard, where former tree narrows footway

29 Consider action relating to bulb-planted verge damage opposite Church Street Rooms / Exton Cottage,     Church Street caused by parking

30 Consider the need to maintain the Beacon

31 Understand the position regarding the Dawson Memorial Tree

32 Consider facilitating shared communication / leafletting with Ron Dawson Memorial Village Hall and     other community groups to encourage volunteers

33 Discuss the Green, Trees & Hedges on the CGPC webpages

11.  To confirm date of the next meeting, currently scheduled for Wednesday 11th February 2026 at 7.30pm, in the Willoughby Gallery, Corby Glen.

Opening Bank balance from 1^st December 2025

£9,019.62

Income received on bank statement 1 Nov – 30 Nov 2025:

Invoices cleared on bank statement 1 Dec – 31 Dec 2025
S. Woodman – clerk’s wages
S. Woodman – clerk’s expenses
HMRC – clerk’s PAYE
CDPC – Community cleaner
M Sanderson – Web site maintenance
Malc Firth – Grass Cutting 
Mrs Woodman – Stationery
Malc Firth – Grass Cutting 

£321.82
£26.00
£80.40
£196.28
£60.00
£273.40
£2.50
£273.40

Closing Bank Balance 31^st December 2025

£7,785.82

Payments to be authorised/cleared:1 Jan – 31 Jan 2026
S. Woodman – clerk’s wages
S. Woodman – clerk’s expenses
HMRC – clerk’s PAYE
CDPC – Community cleaner
M Sanderson – Web site maintenance
RDMH – Hire Charge Dec 25
LALC – Subscription 26/27
LALC – ATS Subscription

£321.82
£26.00
£80.40
£196.28
£60.00
£30.00
£342.00
£174.00

Predicted remaining NatWest bank balance on 31^st January 2026
(excluding all Funds)

£6,555.32
£6,407.26

Reserve Account
Previous Balance
Transferred in this period
Transferred out this period
Current Balance

£15,292.56
£0.00
£0.00
£15,292.56

Phone Box Area Fund (NISA)
Donation received + VAT Refunds
Previous costs
New costs
Remaining:

£791.79
£643.73
£0.00
£148.06